import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

decisionNode = dict(boxstyle="sawtooth", fc="0.8")
leafNode = dict(boxstyle="round4", fc="0.8")
arrow_args = dict(arrowstyle="<-")

def plotNode(nodeTxt, centerPt, parentPt, nodeType):
    createPlot.ax1.annotate(nodeTxt, xy=parentPt,  xycoords='axes fraction',
             xytext=centerPt, textcoords='axes fraction',
             va="center", ha="center", bbox=nodeType, arrowprops=arrow_args )

def createPlot():
    fig = plt.figure(1, facecolor='white')
    fig.clf()
    createPlot.ax1 = plt.subplot(111, frameon=False) #ticks for demo puropses 
    plotNode('a decision node', (0.5, 0.1), (0.1, 0.5), decisionNode)
    plotNode('a leaf node', (0.8, 0.1), (0.3, 0.8), leafNode)
    plt.show()

print createPlot#<function createPlot at 0x0000000007636F98>

createPlot()

print createPlot.ax1#AxesSubplot(0.125,0.11;0.775x0.77)